| New Hampshire Library Association | |
| Logo Alt: | green letters NHLA with the L being large and swooshy |
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| Parent Organization: | American Library Association |
The New Hampshire Library Association (NHLA) is a professional organization for New Hampshire's librarians and library workers; it is the oldest state library association in the United States.[1] It was founded in 1889 by an act of the legislature with the stated goal "to promote the efficiency of libraries and to cultivate fellowship among its members."[2] A group of 49 library trustees and one librarian met for the first time on September 12, 1890, at the American Library Association meeting in the White Mountains.[3] Nathan Hunt, the City Librarian of Manchester, was NHLA's first president, elected in 1891.
NHLA became a state chapter of the American Library Association in 1941.